This view of the Masonic Lodge building, located at 634 High Street in Worthington depicts the lodge ca. 1900. The New England Masonic Lodge was constructed in 1820 and is the oldest Masonic Temple west of the Allegheny Mountains in constant use. The rear shed was for horses and buggies. The Freemasons were part of the social structure on the Ohio frontier, with six lodges by 1808. The Worthington Lodge had 35 members in 1814, among them William Robe, Joel Buttles, Chester Pinney, James Kilbourn, Lincoln Goodale, and Isaac Griswold. The building shown was built on land owned by John Snow.
